Improvement in anlmal-traps



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Letters Patent No. 111,673, dated February?, 1871.

`IMPROVEMENT IN AdNlMAL-TRAPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingl part o thesame.

To all whom it mayconceru:

Y Be it known that I, Jarras-O. PARnIsH, of Petersburg, in the countyofDinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented a new and improvedAnimal- Trap; `and Ido hereby declare the following to be afull-,.clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying' drawing making apart of this specification, in which-Figure l is a plan view, and

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional elevations.

This invention relates to a trap iu which the animal first enters, by anopening in the side, a vertical cylinder mounted on 'pivots and.providedf with a coiled spring arranged, when wound up, to impartarotary motionto the chamber 'whenevera certain stop is withdrawn, and inwhich the animal with-` draws said stop by 'depressing in his efforts toreach the bait, the false spring-bottomvof the cylinder, the latter thenwhirling far enough around to bring thc aforesaid opening ifi,Y its sideopposite a box placed next to the cylinder, which .box the animalenters, attracted by holes at .its other end which admitlight, and fromwhich box the animal escapes by raising its cover on its hinges andcreeping under, whereupon the animal finds itself entrapped in aninclosing-case from which there is no escape, the cylinder meantimehaving been once more whirled by its spring through the action o'f`theanimal in raising the hinged box far enough around to bring the openingin its`side'again to the'frout, thus resetting the trap.'

Referring to the drawinga is the inclosing-case.

b is the cylinder, mounted at and filling the front ,and open end of thecase.`

(l is the vertical shaft on which the cylinder is placed.

c is arcase placed on the shaft d above the case a, and containing thecoiled spring e, that rotatesV the cylinder. f- -v f is the opening atthe side of the cylinder through which the animal enters.

g is the false spring-bottom ofthe cylinder.

" It is a pin secured to tlie free side of the springbottom, andextending through the side of the cylinder, so as to'form a stop to therotation of the latter by vstrikngig'the side ,of the hinged box t'.

- l are holes in the side of the cylinder on the opposite side from theorice f, which holes the animal approaches in order to get at the bait,that is secured to the partition m near the holes and outside thecylinder, by which movement of the animalfthe springdoor is depressed sofar as to lower the pin h below the projection m at the end of theboxt', whereupon the cylinder is instantly whirled around. by the spring etill the opening f is opposite the front end of the box i, at whichmoment a projection, n' on the outside ofthe cylinder strikes a wire, o,attached to the cover t ofthe box t', by which wire the cylinder isstopped. p are the-holes in the inclined cover t of the box i, towardwhich the animal then proceeds, reaching which, the animal pushes itselfalong under the cover till 11e raises the latter far enoughy to enablehim to pass-'ont'from beneath it,wheu it falls. Y

The raising of the cover in this manner depresses the end of the wire obelow the projection n., whereupon the cylinder is again whirled by thespring c, v the projection n passing through the recess q in the.`

sido of the box This rotation of the cylinder continues until the pin71. once'more strikes the side of the box i and the opening f is againat the front of the-case a, thus resetting the trap and closing thefront end of the box t' so as' to shut olf the light.

The animal, alter emerging from the box t', finds itself' securelyenti-upped in the case a, whence therei is no escape. lhe case a shouldbe provided with a glass top to admit light.

The case c has a projection, r, at -oneside, in which projection isan-oriiice through which a` rod, s, enters,

the function of said rodheing to prevent the rewinding of the spring e.

Having thus described my invention,

What l' claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cylinderb, having the projection n, thc-opening f, and oriiice l, incombination with the spring e, the 'spriug false bottom g, provided withthe piu h,

thc box fil, provided. with the .recesses q u, and the' hinged cover t,.perforated atp and provided with the wire o, all arranged and operatingas'described.

To the above specification of my invention I have signed my hand this5th day of January, A. D. 1871.

JAMES O. PARRISH.

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Taos. D. D. DURAND, Guss. A. Pntrrrr.

